Transportation

Transportation Availability

Transportation is available to students enrolled in Board programs attending Rebecca Stallman Southgate School and Eastgate School, including satellite classrooms at Avondale Elementary and Taft Elementary. The Transportation Department provides services to more than 186 students utilizing 24 buses covering 585 square miles of Stark County.

Resources for Obtaining Transportation Services

If you have a waiver and want to look at Free Choice of Providers, you can use a variety of sources to access safe, reliable transportation based on your needs and preferences.

Vision Statement

People with disabilities will be fully included in the Stark County community.

Mission Statement

Supporting people with disabilities and their families.

About Stark DD

The first hints of community based services in Stark County began with parents of school age children who opened two classrooms in 1953. In 1967, the Ohio legislature passed a law establishing a Board of Developmental Disabilities in every county to provide schools, workshops, training centers and other services for children and adults with disabilities.

Today, Stark DD is run by a seven-member board leveraging federal, state and local funds, and is responsible to the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities.